On the Role of the Judiciary in Ensuring the Information Security of the Russian Federation in the Face of Modern Challenges and Threats

Abstract

The article substantiates that under the influence of modern geopolitical challenges, the importance of information security as one of the key areas of ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation is increasing. The purpose of the study is to theoretically substantiate the role of judicial authorities in the formation of the information security system of the Russian state in the conditions of modern geopolitical threats and technological challenges. The need to achieve the stated goal led to the formulation and solution of the following scientific tasks: the study of the legal nature of information security and its place in the structure of national security; analysis of current geopolitical and technological challenges and threats to the national security of the country in the information sphere; determining the role of judicial authorities in the information security system, including in the digital environment. Within the framework of this study, a set of methods of scientific cognition was applied, including philosophical, general scientific and private law (formal-legal, comparative-legal, interpretation), which made it possible to achieve the goal and implement the tasks set. According to the results of the study, it is proved that ensuring information security in the context of the activities of judicial authorities should be considered in two dimensions: ensuring information security within the judicial system itself; the activity of judicial bodies in the administration of justice aimed at the adoption of individual law enforcement acts, together with legal acts that create the most comprehensive legal regulation of legal relations in the field of ensuring national information security. The conclusion is made about the special contribution of the judicial authorities in ensuring the national interests of the Russia in the information sphere.